Briefest Quotes

37 quotes by 30 authors

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is… — Ovid
Recognize the cunning man not by the corpses he pays homage to but by the living writers he conspires against with the most shameful weapon,… — Edward Dahlberg
It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a… — George Orwell
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not. — Charles Caleb Colton
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. — Edward Lucas
I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. - singer Michael… — Linda Kaplan Thaler
Given the cause nature produces the effect in the briefest manner that it can employ. — Leonardo da Vinci
The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of… — Pauline Kael
To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can… — Aung San Suu Kyi
And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest… — John Malkovich
I found the experience of falling in love or being in love was a death, a death of everything. You kind of watch yourself die… — Hozier
As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and women (purdah) will… — Alice Walker
An actor can remember his briefest notice well into senescence and long after he has forgotten his phone number and where he lives. — Jean Kerr
In these anxious times many of us are less astonished that reason is ever suspended than that it should ever prevail, even during the briefest… — Morton Irving Seiden
Without intention, all these postures, these breathing practices, meditations, and the like can become little more than ineffectual gestures. When animated by intention, however, the… — Donna Farhi
We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the… — Brian Greene
If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. — Vladimir Lenin
And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their… — Haruki Murakami
I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own… — Orhan Pamuk
And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again. — Nicholas Sparks

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